What are the most authentic ways to verify a China company?

The following two methods are necessary: a. Visit the company address; b. Visit local authority that is responsible for company registration

Are there any resource online to inquiry for company registration information?

On nationwide level, there are not any official or commercial site offering service for nationwide online registration inquiry. On the provincial level, only 8 out of 31 official website of AIC(22 Provinces, 2 Autonomous Regions and 4 Centrally-Administered Municipalities, not include Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao), offer online information inquiry service. Among them, the AIC websites in Chongqing Centrally-Administered Municipality, Henan Province and Guizhou Province provide free online inquiry, the AIC websites in Liaoning Province, Guangdong Province, Inner Mongolia and Jiangxi Province provide online registration information inquiry service to paid members only, Jinlin Province allows users to inquiry by telephone(by dial 169166), that is only province that provide telephone inquiry. If you want to verify a company located in other 23 provinces, so far the only way out is to visit the local municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce.

Do make sure to read our series of China company verification tips before you enter into business with any Chinese suppliers:
Tips on China company verification Part 1
Tips on China company verification Part 2
Tips on China company verification Part 3
Tips on China company verification Part 4

Sample China Company Verification Report By Chinawhy (take 20 seconds to load)

Chinawhy company inspection service include?

a) visit company/factory address
b) visit local administration of industry and commerce
c) online background check
d) other supplementary verification(like 114 telephone inquiry system check)

Company verification work flow?

Customer place an order(fill out the company verification order sheet) → Chinawhy send back a confirmation letter with payment routine within 24 hours → Customer pay as per the payment route → inspector visit the company site, check certificates, equipment, workshop, sample room and evaluate the production capacity and company scale → inspector visit local administration of industry and commerce → inspector conduct other supplementary verification → inspector submit report as well as photo and document materials → verification expert in Harbin check the initial report and write an official report → we submit the official company verification report and photo documents.

Why choose chinawhy.net?

a) Chinawhy offers company verification service at most part of China, our network covers all the coastal regions and most part of inland China.
b) Since foundation in 2006, Chinawhy has provided supplier verification service to 300+ western clients, in 20+ industries.SEE OUR PEOPLE
c) The feature of our company verification service tailor-made for foreign small and medium sized company is that we not only verify whether the company is real or trustworthy, but also we will give our customer suggestions on contract negotiation, secure payment, logistics, etc based on our practical expertise and experience.


Price for verification:
USD250 per company, we will submit you an electronic report within 5 work days.

Payment:
We accept payment by T/T, Western Union and Paypal. The bank expenses outside China should be borne by the customers. We charge $30 extra fee if customer choose to pay by Paypal. The payment instruction will be given in confirmation email to your order sheet.